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‘Je Suis Charli’ (I am Charlie) was the powerful message of the freedom- loving people to the Islamist. Islamists attacked on Charlie Hebdo and killed 12 people including four cartoonist of Charlie Hebdo. This is what Islam is: killing, massacre and suppression of freedom of expression. In Paris Islamist kills cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo, in Iraq and Syria Islamic group ISIS massacres men and women and children, in Iran Islamic regime supresses freedom of expression by torturing and killing thousands of people, ….. we all must stand up for the freedom of expression and stand up against Islamists. Some say printing and distributing cartoons of Mohammed is religious hatred … what do they call attack on freedom of expression and attacking magazine like Chalie Hebdo??? “ I am Charlie” and will not be silenced.

The Guardian on 04/11/2014 has published set of pictures on Ashura in Iran. In my opinion glamorising Ashura means glamorising self-harm such as sword cutting through skulls and blood Spilled all over the body while children are witnessing such a gruesome and graphic act of Islamic ritual. The Guardian even goes further and shows pictures of children participating in Ashura. I wander what is the news worthiness of these pictures for the Guardian? Does Guardian explains to its readers what Ashura really is or just intend to glamorise and normalise the violence embedded in Islamic rituals? What a shame.